5.—(1) Section 33(1)(1) (local authorities for purposes of Part 3 of that Act) is amended as follows.
(2) After ““local authority”” insert “(except in “local authority in England”)”.
(3) Omit “England or”.
(4) At the end insert “and “local authority in England” means a council which is a local authority for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 in England.”
Section 33(1) was amended by the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Schedule 23, paragraph 2, the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Schedule 27, paragraph 89, the Residential Homes Act 1980 (c. 7), section 11(5) and Schedule 2, and the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 31(2).